Table B-25.  Active Component Commissioned Officer Gains and Corps, FY10: by Service and Race/Ethnicity with Civilian Comparison Groups
	SERVICE															CIVILIAN
RACE/	ARMY			NAVY			MARINE CORPS			AIR FORCE			TOTAL DoD			COLLEGE GRADUATES
ETHNICITY1	#	%		#	%		#	%		#	%		#	%		#	%
Officer Gains2
White	5,879	76.2%		3,306	78.6%		1,237	70.3%		3,299	72.2%		13,721	75.2%		13,832,533	78.9%
Black	866	11.2%		369	8.8%		52	3.0%		258	5.6%		1,545	8.5%		1,555,034	8.9%
AIAN3	25	0.32%		44	1.0%		11	0.63%		42	0.92%		122	0.67%		75,587	0.43%
Asian	495	6.4%		207	4.9%		56	3.2%		225	4.9%		983	5.4%		1,776,228	10.1%
NHPI4	0	0%		23	0.55%		6	0.34%		18	0.39%		47	0.26%		49,037	0.28%
Two or more	0	0%		137	3.3%		22	1.3%		96	2.1%		255	1.4%		244,971	1.4%
Unknown	450	5.8%		122	2.9%		375	21.3%		631	13.8%		1,578	8.6%		0	NA
TOTAL	7,715	100%		4,208	100%		1,759	100%		4,569	100%		18,251	100%		17,533,390	100%
Hispanic	471	6.1%		319	7.6%		97	5.5%		89	1.9%		976	5.3%		1,480,893	8.4%
Not Hispanic	7,244	93.9%		3,889	92.4%		1,662	94.5%		4,480	98.1%		17,275	94.7%		16,052,498	91.6%
TOTAL	7,715	100%		4,208	100%		1,759	100%		4,569	100%		18,251	100%		17,533,390	100%
Officer Corps5
White	58,583	74.3%		41,549	81.4%		15,780	81.4%		53,102	80.2%		169,014	78.4%		26,271,348	80.8%
Black	10,090	12.8%		3,983	7.8%		964	5.0%		3,831	5.8%		18,868	8.8%		2,776,424	8.5%
AIAN3	372	0.47%		342	0.67%		144	0.74%		304	0.46%		1,162	0.54%		91,708	0.28%
Asian	3,661	4.6%		2,095	4.1%		491	2.5%		2,191	3.3%		8,438	3.9%		2,934,187	9.0%
NHPI4	0	0%		177	0.35%		67	0.35%		219	0.33%		463	0.21%		81,078	0.25%
Two or more	0	0%		1,005	2.0%		250	1.3%		847	1.3%		2,102	1.0%		356,549	1.1%
Unknown	6,187	7.8%		1,908	3.7%		1,681	8.7%		5,707	8.6%		15,483	7.2%		0	NA
TOTAL	78,893	100%		51,059	100%		19,377	100%		66,201	100%		215,530	100%		32,511,294	100%
Hispanic	4,686	5.9%		3,186	6.2%		1,272	6.6%		2,336	3.5%		11,480	5.3%		2,472,066	7.6%
Not Hispanic6	69,812	88.5%		45,681	89.5%		18,105	93.4%		63,832	96.4%		197,430	91.6%		30,039,228	92.4%
Unknown	4,395	5.6%		2,192	4.3%		0	0%		33	0%		6,620	3.1%		0	0%
TOTAL	78,893	100%		51,059	100%		19,377	100%		66,201	100%		215,530	100%		32,511,294	100%
1. The race groupings used in this table reflect the number of individuals who indicate a single racial identity.  Individuals who self-identify as multiracial are counted in the "two or more"
category.
2. Comparison group for gains includes 21-35 year-old college graduates in the noninstitutional civilian population, October 2009-September 2010 average.
3. American Indian, Alaska Native
4. The Army does not report data on the number of active duty officers or active duty officer gains in either the Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander (NHPI) or "Two or more" category.
Caution should be used in comparing the racial composition of the Army’s officer corps or officer gains with those of the other Services.
5. Comparison group for officers includes college graduates in the civilian workforce, (21-49 years old) September 2010.  Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower
Data Center (DMDC).
6. Officer gain data does not contain Unknowns for ethnicity.
Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
Source:  Civilian data from Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey.  Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).